| Tecticornia verrucosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Tecticornia |
| Species: | T. verrucosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Tecticornia verrucosa Paul G.Wilson | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Tecticornia verrrucosa is a species of plant that is succulent and halophyte (salt tolerant). This plant was a member of the Chenopodiaceae, which are now included in family Amaranthaceae.
T. verrucosa was first described in 1972 by Paul Wilson.
It is an annual or short-lived perennial which grows to 40 cm high, which branches at the occasionally woody base. The inflorescence is a set of opposite and decussate lateral sessile spikes, at right angles to the branch. They are cylindrical and 10–20 mm long by 6 mm diam. The flowers are triads with free tepals below and slightly united above.
It grows on coastal mud flats, slightly saline clay pans, and inland freshwater.
The Walmajarri people of the southern Kimberley call this plant Mungily.
References
- ^ "Tecticornia verrucosa". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- P G Wilson (1972). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Tecticornia (Chenopodiaceae)". Nuytsia. 1 (3): 284, 286, Figs 1 A-C, 3. doi:10.58828/NUY00013. ISSN 0085-4417. Wikidata Q100729854.
- ^ Paul G.Wilson (2020). "Tecticornia verrucosa". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- Bessie Doonday; Charmia Samuels; Evelyn (Martha) Clancy; et al. (2013). "Walmajarri plants and animals". Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin. 42: 87. Wikidata Q106088428.
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